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Warner Robins is home to the Museum of Aviation honoring the history of military aviation. It is located next to the air force base. The museum contains exhibits on military memorabilia, airplanes and ground vehicles, the Tuskegee Airmen and Operation Desert Storm. It is the second-largest aviation museum in the country. When the U.S. Air Force was founded in 1947, the base was named Robins Air Force Base; the logistics headquarters was originally named the Warner Robins Air Materiel Area and today is called the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center. The base is the state's largest employer in one location; it has more than 25,000 personnel, mostly civil servants. [...] more

Women still lag behind men on nearly every parameter with the exception of how many graduate college. While much needs to be done by our leaders – political and corporate – we must each take personal responsibility for doing what we can. On International Womens Day, I invite women to consider how they can further expand their influence and close read »

Trian asked that DuPont use a universal proxy card at its 2014 annual shareholder meeting this spring, potentially allowing for rank and file shareholders to vote for its board nominees even if they wanted to support many of the company’s board nominees. read »

Social is going vertical. Even for CMOs. Techcrunch reported on “The Rise Of The ‘Social Professional’ Networks” last June, and we’ve seen the increasing popularity of social networks for doctors with Doximity, for software engineers with GitHub, and for mechanical engineers with GrabCAD. But we’ve been lacking a read »

Earlier today, Forbes contributor Larry Husten was first to report that Orexigen had released glowingly positive, but preliminary, cardiovascular data from a study of its obesity drug, Contrave, against the wishes of the study’s lead investigator, potentially endangering the final result of the trial. The Food and Drug read »

On the heels of my post describing an awesome new Millennium Falcon drone, we now have TIE Interceptor drones from the same creator. From my viewpoint, this is cooler than the Millennium Falcon (contra Anthony Domanico’s views), but these are just degrees of awesome. For me, I pretty much want everything this guy makes. read »

Kelle Barfield is Entergy Corporation vice president of integrated communications. In addition to overseeing communication in support of the company’s sustainability initiatives, her team is responsible for corporate branding, advertising, digital media, internal communications and corporate event planning. Barfield began her Entergy career at read »

The 2015 MLS season will be filled with new beginnings. As the league sets to celebrate its 20th season, it will also welcome the expansion franchises of Orlando City SC and New York City FC. The two teams officially square off for the first time this Sunday, which will be the first of two games exclusively broadcast on Sky Sports. The upcoming read »

Orexigen’s failure to keep a lid on a key safety analysis of its obesity drug Contrave led the Food and Drug Administration to force it to do a second study in order to prove that the medicine is safe for the heart.

The FDA made the decision even before Orexigen disclosed data from the study, called LIGHT, in a patent filing earlier read »